A Student's Dictionary & Gazetteer

by Dictionary Project, Inc.

A Student's Dictionary & Gazetteer

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Childrens, Education

540 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Tavian Lirette · Rating 2 out of 5]

Let's forget the fact I read this entire (conveniently pocket-sized) publication & get straight to the point - I've got a bone to pick with "A Student's Dictionary & Gazetteer". Everyone in my third grade class was given one of these, so take my word on it both as a student at the time & as a reviewer now, over a decade later. I simply never understood the point of a dictionary that *doesn't have all the words in this language*. Seriously, think of a term that's lightly associated with an unsavory subject, & you bet this dictionary doesn't have the word in it. Secondly, the country & continent facts have mind-numbing inaccuracies - for instance, Australia is not "the only continent that is also a country", it's one name given to two different things. For another example, the country & facts list names one of the sections "Religions", when something like "Major Religions" would be less denigrating for those of us who fall out of the majority in our home countries. I'm also not sure how I feel about dedicating an entire section in "The Planets" to Pluto just because it was once classed as a planet; so, too, was Eris for a short time, yet there seems to be nothing about it here. What redeems this Dictionary-Gazetteer blend in the end is the amount of content it *does* include, from vocabulary to grammar to geography to the very physical objects of our solar system, should it ever be useful to a student. But that's the question - if you're a student, are you even allowed to use it as reference when you need it?

[Lena]

It's a dictionary, but not only that. It also includes the longest word, weights and measures, words for large numbers, common standard international unit symbols, periodic table of elements, multiplication tables, roman numerals, the united states flag, The declaration of independence, the constitution, u.s. presidents (the last one in my book is Barack Obama, but maybe it was updated since then), maps of the world, facts about countries and locations, the planets, clouds, the water cycle, sign language, and braille.

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[Maddox Rebling · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the worst book I have ever read, it was 6 months of my life that I will never get back.

[Sydney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Received a copy in elementary and I use it occasionally to this day for some definitions and the bonus content in the back.

[grace ritter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This dictionary taught me the ASL alphabet in 2011! 🤘

[Milo Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book. It has facts on all of the countries in the back.